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| bio | website | dannythorpe.com |
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| location | California | |
| age | 45 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 6 months |
| seen | Nov 9 '12 at 17:35 | |
| stats | profile views | 9 |
Software Architect @Quest. Azure Tools @Microsoft, cofounder of Google Gears @Google, Delphi compiler architect @Borland. Hobby farmer. Ceramicist. Garage alchemist.
Twitter: danny_thorpe
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Jun 8 |
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How likely is contamination in an average batch? Props to danafr4: Don't get all OCD about it. Remember that people have been brewing beer and other things for thousands of years, long before sanitizers. Sanitization now is more about ensuring consistency and repeatability. Some of the modern lab-developed yeast strains are rather delicate flowers that might not fare well if there is already a stronger wild yeast in residence. As for toxicity, you'd have to do something really nasty (and stupid) to make a brew that is actually toxic. Sanitation is about avoiding the emotional loss of throwing out an unpalatable brew. :P |
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Dec 4 |
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Distillation legality I'd still advise caution in this area. Keep in mind that you're talking about the same TTB (and ATF) that recently started cracking down on restaurants and bars that made their own infusions using store bought liquor. The feds said the infusion process can reduce the water content of the solution / raise the alcohol concentration, so technically it fell under TTB taxation and they would shut down any venue making such infusions without a TTB (distillation) license. It made no sense at all, since the liquor ingredients had already been taxed. |
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Dec 4 |
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Is 55% ABV “beer” actually beer? Apparently the only thing you can do with beer that will make it not beer is drink it. ;> |
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Dec 3 |
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Distillation legality Be careful with that. The US regs don't exclude freeze distillation. Any means used to increase the concentration of alcohol is subject to taxation. |
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Nov 19 |
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Do you keep your wine/beer making records online? +1 I use Google Docs to track details on multiple brew batches, past and present |
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Nov 19 |
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Are there any tricks for removing labels from bottles? A trip to the kiln is also handy for getting rid of unknown bio gunk growing inside the bottle, esp the caked on stuff that the bottle brush can't quite scrub hard enough. After kiln cooldown, just rinse the ash out of the bottle! (I picked up a hoard of 22oz home brew bottles via Freecycle. They had been left outside for months and were really, really nasty. The kiln treatment burns away all sins. ;> |
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Nov 10 |
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Are there any tricks for removing labels from bottles? I wouldn't buy a kiln just to remove bottle labels, but if you have a kiln anyway.... ;> |
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Nov 9 |
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Approximating Sugar to Apple Juice ratio in cider? +1 for lazy yeasts. |
